Apr 28
Posted: under photography, Plantlife, Wildlife.
Tags: beauty, butterflies, native plants, photography, seasons April 28th, 2010
Engelmann’s Daisy, one of the old native prairie plants that cattle love to eat. We’re trying to get it established again–so far, in a protected location: [...more]
Engelmann’s Daisy, one of the old native prairie plants that cattle love to eat. We’re trying to get it established again–so far, in a protected location:
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Feb 11
Posted: under photography, Plantlife, Water, Weather, Wildlife.
Tags: beauty, native plants, natural water, observation, photography, rain, seasons, Weather February 11th, 2010
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Dec 21
Posted: under photography, Plantlife.
Tags: photography, seasons December 21st, 2009
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Dec 15
Posted: under photography, Plantlife, Sky.
Tags: beauty, grass, native plants, photography, seasons December 15th, 2009
A cold front cleared out the warm moist air of yesterday and gave us a brisk chill wind out of the north and partly-sunny skies. So a long walk in the afternoon, producing (as usual) many interesting and beautiful things to see and think about. First was a mockingbird’s nest in an osage orange or […] [...more]
A cold front cleared out the warm moist air of yesterday and gave us a brisk chill wind out of the north and partly-sunny skies. So a long walk in the afternoon, producing (as usual) many interesting and beautiful things to see and think about.
First was a mockingbird’s nest in an osage orange or bois d’arc tree:
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Nov 29
Posted: under photography, Weather.
Tags: beauty, bird behavior, natural water, photography, seasons November 29th, 2009
We had gorgeous weather for Thanksgiving, and an out-of-state guest who enjoyed a moderately long stroll around the place. We weren’t in rubber boots, so we couldn’t cross the creek or wander as freely, but still a fun hour or so out wandering. Saturday, in not-as-perfect (but still pleasant) weather I made it across the […] [...more]
We had gorgeous weather for Thanksgiving, and an out-of-state guest who enjoyed a moderately long stroll around the place. We weren’t in rubber boots, so we couldn’t cross the creek or wander as freely, but still a fun hour or so out wandering.
Saturday, in not-as-perfect (but still pleasant) weather I made it across the creek in regular shoes–not exactly dry-shod, but not too wet-footed. I did put three knapsacks of rocks from the rockpile near the creek onto the ford, which has migrated a bit with the flash floods this fall. Water quality looked great, clear, spring-fed, and flowing strongly. This view is upstream from the ford (shown in previous post); the braced fencepost to the right, on grass, shows the north fenceline where it crosses the creek…there’s a mess of flotsam caught on the water gap.
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Nov 15
Posted: under Wildlife.
Tags: bird behavior, observation, seasons November 15th, 2009
Driving home from church today, I saw several more “winter hawks” in the sky or perched along the road, which brought up the topic of our disparate bird populations through the seasons. We have year-rounders, winter residents, winter visitors, summer nesters, and migrants in fall and spring. [...more]
Driving home from church today, I saw several more “winter hawks” in the sky or perched along the road, which brought up the topic of our disparate bird populations through the seasons. We have year-rounders, winter residents, winter visitors, summer nesters, and migrants in fall and spring.
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